http://youtu.be/ZY0cdXr_1MA
I dont know why I havent seen this video before now but it relates directly to my Inquiry and it seems a very good post to post as I finish my Inquiry and Critical Review.
Tuesday 12 May 2015
Thursday 30 April 2015
Critical reflection
Half way though my Analysis and findings and I dont know about all of you but I am panacking and stressing and then when Im reading through the readers and mudule hand books the words just dont make sense to me! I found a helpful webiste with slide shows on critical reflection writing. I found them really easy to follow. I dont think I would follow them step by step but it may give some helpful ideas how to start or finish!
http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/dalwritingcentre/critical-reflective-writing
Saturday 4 April 2015
Artefact thinking & what I have learnt from my inquiry this far.
So I am currently in the stage of deciding upon my final idea as of what my Professional Artefact will be. A poster? A booklet, maybe even a video?
My natural instinct goes straight towards doing a video, as a performer we are all visual people. However, I could make a booklet visual by adding pictures and using an appealing layout. But as I don't have a computer or laptop to edit a video maybe a booklet/leaflet or poster would be the smartest idea.
I have already carried out my inquiry, which was interview based and then had a tutorial with Paula. I discovered that the interviews were a lot shorter than normal. I found it quite hard to catch people on their free time who want to talk about rejection, and those that did really only wanted to give short answers. It was almost as if talking about the rejection was as emotionally affecting as rejection itself.
I then re-interviewed, with the same questions but this time I dug deeper, I peeled back the harsh external layers of the amour we as performers have to protect ourselves to really find out how people feel about rejection. This time my interviews last from twenty five minuets and anywhere up to forty. Once I got people talking and getting them to really think about why they behave this way, it almost became a venting session for some of my participants. All the emotions we go through at an audition even before the rejection, if there is, ranges from nervousness to jealousy. This really is an emotionally tough industry, not just a psychical one.
I then start to find out from my inquiry that the way we process rejection mentally has and affect on us psychically. One of my sources could not handle the rejection, she felt that her physical form was the reason she did not receive one particular job. Later developing a slight anorexia disorder which lead to counselling.
It really is amazing how powerful emotions are, and how chemicals and neurons in the brain, that we don't even think about or see r feel can cause us to alter psychically not just mentally. 'Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good' Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle, 350 B.C.E
My natural instinct goes straight towards doing a video, as a performer we are all visual people. However, I could make a booklet visual by adding pictures and using an appealing layout. But as I don't have a computer or laptop to edit a video maybe a booklet/leaflet or poster would be the smartest idea.
I have already carried out my inquiry, which was interview based and then had a tutorial with Paula. I discovered that the interviews were a lot shorter than normal. I found it quite hard to catch people on their free time who want to talk about rejection, and those that did really only wanted to give short answers. It was almost as if talking about the rejection was as emotionally affecting as rejection itself.
I then re-interviewed, with the same questions but this time I dug deeper, I peeled back the harsh external layers of the amour we as performers have to protect ourselves to really find out how people feel about rejection. This time my interviews last from twenty five minuets and anywhere up to forty. Once I got people talking and getting them to really think about why they behave this way, it almost became a venting session for some of my participants. All the emotions we go through at an audition even before the rejection, if there is, ranges from nervousness to jealousy. This really is an emotionally tough industry, not just a psychical one.
I then start to find out from my inquiry that the way we process rejection mentally has and affect on us psychically. One of my sources could not handle the rejection, she felt that her physical form was the reason she did not receive one particular job. Later developing a slight anorexia disorder which lead to counselling.
It really is amazing how powerful emotions are, and how chemicals and neurons in the brain, that we don't even think about or see r feel can cause us to alter psychically not just mentally. 'Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good' Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle, 350 B.C.E
Tuesday 1 April 2014
Blogs that relate to my Inquiry
A list of just a few blogs and blog posts that relate to my inquiry topic.
http://www.pointemagazine.com/issues/decemberjanuary-2011/rejected
http://www.danceamichat.co.uk/my-top-10-tips-on-how-to-deal-with-audition-rejection-2/
www.Reflectionsinverse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/shaking-blues-away-dancers-and.html
http://dancerseatingdisorders.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/fueling-the-fire-ballerinas-depression-and-eating-disorders/
http://princessraqs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/dancers-and-self-esteem.html
http://laurastanyer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/dance-and-self-esteem.html
http://reflectionsinverse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/gaining-self-esteem-separating-dancer.html
http://www.pointemagazine.com/issues/decemberjanuary-2011/rejected
http://www.danceamichat.co.uk/my-top-10-tips-on-how-to-deal-with-audition-rejection-2/
www.Reflectionsinverse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/shaking-blues-away-dancers-and.html
http://dancerseatingdisorders.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/fueling-the-fire-ballerinas-depression-and-eating-disorders/
http://princessraqs.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/dancers-and-self-esteem.html
http://laurastanyer.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/dance-and-self-esteem.html
http://reflectionsinverse.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/gaining-self-esteem-separating-dancer.html
Monday 31 March 2014
6A
I have decided I want to record visually or if I or my participant cant make the time , through audio for my inquiry.
I have already recorded 3 different professionals some of my questions and received their feedback. I am planning on using the video i have already created but hopefully I will expand on my inquiry and be able to record again on new people.
I feel a video interview is the best way for me to collect data , it also gives a less formal approach to the inquiry which I like and hopefully will get more honest answers. I didn't want my answers to be confined to boxes to tick on a survey or to just be an bystander and observe. I wanted to make a brain think about why that individual reacts the way they do. After all, we do a lot of critical reflection here on BAPP. I have written my findings on a previous blog which you can all see and the video is up on youtube with everyones permission.
I have already recorded 3 different professionals some of my questions and received their feedback. I am planning on using the video i have already created but hopefully I will expand on my inquiry and be able to record again on new people.
I feel a video interview is the best way for me to collect data , it also gives a less formal approach to the inquiry which I like and hopefully will get more honest answers. I didn't want my answers to be confined to boxes to tick on a survey or to just be an bystander and observe. I wanted to make a brain think about why that individual reacts the way they do. After all, we do a lot of critical reflection here on BAPP. I have written my findings on a previous blog which you can all see and the video is up on youtube with everyones permission.
Task 5c. Ethical framework and how it fits into professional inquiry.
Ethics was a vast and interesting topic to research and learn about. Before finishing the Reader , I didn't fully understand the term 'ethics'. I thought it was simply, if you were to carry out procedures in the correct way. However, I have learnt about different niche's inside the word 'ethics' i.e; personal, society, theoretical. Each more interesting than the last.
"Every art & every inquiry and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good".(Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, 350 B.C.E)
The first thing I found alluring was how far back ethics run in humanity. Back to the ancient Greek ,where they mainly believed in a persons virtue,their character and were they good or bad? Aristotle believed in becoming good as a person rather then to do good. I would claim him to be a Virtue Ethicist.
Consequentialist - Lying may be seen as wrong however sometimes the benefits of lying are far superior than the consequences to it.
Deontologist - Lying is wrong all the time and no good shall come from lying.
Virtue Ethicist - Lying will depend on benefit and intentions, wether good or bad. Lying for the wrong reasons may cause damage to your character.
These viewpoints may add up to approaching normative ethics "which examines the principles that people use when they make moral choices".
When writing my views about the case study's in Reader 5 , I found that using the descriptive ethics style to record my thoughts made my findings a lot shorter and more matter of fact. Leading me to believe I am passionate and have more to say when I discuss ethics normatively.
I believe I am this way and have so many morals due to family and upbringing but also from social media. TV shows and blockbuster films always show the hero sacrificing themselves for the greater good or simply unselfishly. Social media sites such as Facebook show reports on animal cruelty or discrimination under scrutiny with the deontologist ethics. BBC aired a programme about being homosexual in Russia today and the awe full discrimination they go through and how the law and social media accept and even promote it.
The morals we believe are taught to us and change from time or place.
Case study three I found significant to me, "The Dance Class". My questions seem to find them selves around the self esteem of dancers from the industry and the rejection we get from it. So went Alicia was taking part in her inquiry in the third school and found a teacher to "belittle " a dancer , to then see it affect her emotionally , to get the response "I am only preparing her for the real world". Too often this happens & I have experienced it personally, as it is true , this is the way the industry is. But why? It is not ethically correct!
Consequentialist - Yes it may be harmful to bring down the self esteem and criticise a dancer but it is for their own greater good as it will make them a better dancer. Hence, getting the domino effect of being a better dancer, creating a better show, producing the need for more tickets and boosting the economy.
Deontologist - Why is one child being singled out and her feelings made less important than the others. Children it is often said have the mind of sponges, soaking everything up, so why would you critic them and upset them as they will remember that for a substantial amount of time. No good can come from upsetting anybody.
Virtue Ethicist - Based on the outer good, if this child wants to become a professional dancer in her gut, than this is what she must face. What does it say about the teachers character? He is insensitive to others feelings but does have their best interest in mind. Others may say he is heartless and callus but this is their opinion that they're entitled to.His intensions seem to be good by stating " preparing her for the real world", he wants her to succeed.
Although this case study looks at the teaching methods, it does intwine with my questions about low self-esteem coming directly from the industry and even in early education.
When I take part in my inquiry I will use the BERA guidelines to go by for the safety of my participants. When i recorded some previous participants for my work I didn't even realise that I had done it so ethically. Asking their permission to upload their answers onto sites , promising to delete data of my personal devices after completion of the task. Although I feel now that I should have asked them all the exact same questions as to be fairer.
"Every art & every inquiry and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good".(Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 1, 350 B.C.E)
The first thing I found alluring was how far back ethics run in humanity. Back to the ancient Greek ,where they mainly believed in a persons virtue,their character and were they good or bad? Aristotle believed in becoming good as a person rather then to do good. I would claim him to be a Virtue Ethicist.
Consequentialist - Lying may be seen as wrong however sometimes the benefits of lying are far superior than the consequences to it.
Deontologist - Lying is wrong all the time and no good shall come from lying.
Virtue Ethicist - Lying will depend on benefit and intentions, wether good or bad. Lying for the wrong reasons may cause damage to your character.
These viewpoints may add up to approaching normative ethics "which examines the principles that people use when they make moral choices".
When writing my views about the case study's in Reader 5 , I found that using the descriptive ethics style to record my thoughts made my findings a lot shorter and more matter of fact. Leading me to believe I am passionate and have more to say when I discuss ethics normatively.
I believe I am this way and have so many morals due to family and upbringing but also from social media. TV shows and blockbuster films always show the hero sacrificing themselves for the greater good or simply unselfishly. Social media sites such as Facebook show reports on animal cruelty or discrimination under scrutiny with the deontologist ethics. BBC aired a programme about being homosexual in Russia today and the awe full discrimination they go through and how the law and social media accept and even promote it.
The morals we believe are taught to us and change from time or place.
Case study three I found significant to me, "The Dance Class". My questions seem to find them selves around the self esteem of dancers from the industry and the rejection we get from it. So went Alicia was taking part in her inquiry in the third school and found a teacher to "belittle " a dancer , to then see it affect her emotionally , to get the response "I am only preparing her for the real world". Too often this happens & I have experienced it personally, as it is true , this is the way the industry is. But why? It is not ethically correct!
Consequentialist - Yes it may be harmful to bring down the self esteem and criticise a dancer but it is for their own greater good as it will make them a better dancer. Hence, getting the domino effect of being a better dancer, creating a better show, producing the need for more tickets and boosting the economy.
Deontologist - Why is one child being singled out and her feelings made less important than the others. Children it is often said have the mind of sponges, soaking everything up, so why would you critic them and upset them as they will remember that for a substantial amount of time. No good can come from upsetting anybody.
Virtue Ethicist - Based on the outer good, if this child wants to become a professional dancer in her gut, than this is what she must face. What does it say about the teachers character? He is insensitive to others feelings but does have their best interest in mind. Others may say he is heartless and callus but this is their opinion that they're entitled to.His intensions seem to be good by stating " preparing her for the real world", he wants her to succeed.
Although this case study looks at the teaching methods, it does intwine with my questions about low self-esteem coming directly from the industry and even in early education.
When I take part in my inquiry I will use the BERA guidelines to go by for the safety of my participants. When i recorded some previous participants for my work I didn't even realise that I had done it so ethically. Asking their permission to upload their answers onto sites , promising to delete data of my personal devices after completion of the task. Although I feel now that I should have asked them all the exact same questions as to be fairer.
Wednesday 26 March 2014
5A
My place of work is currently in retail at a high end fashion store ,French Connection. I ended up using a spidergram to find some of the ethics that run through the company , as I have learnt from this course that I work best visually. Above is a picture.
1. Plagiarism could occur as when we put an item through the till we have to put it through on the name of whoever influenced that particular sale. There is a prize for top sellers, so some people would be motivated to cheat and put someone else's work/ sale through as their own. This is highly frowned upon and would result in disciplinary action. French Connection wants to recognise and award good work but not plagiarism!
2. Health and Safety wise , every season we have a big print off of health & safety rules and regulations booklet that we read through and sign to say we have read and understood it. This I suppose covers them if I have an accident at work from ,for example using a ladder incorrectly and then falling.
3. We as for customers E-mails currently to enter a prize draw. We have to state that their details will only be on our data base and nobody else has access to their data as we abide by the data protection act.
4. The way we look at French Connection is important and we sign a uniform agreement to wear in season uniform and the amount of uniform we can buy is stated. Management is allowed to influence our uniform choices to look as professional as possible ,while being fashionable at the same time.
5.Being considerate on the shop floor is not just a good work ethic to have, it also helps everybody out. If one person is serving but needs to check stock or do something else , I would just do it automatically so they can carry on serving to their best potential. Consideration towards customers as well is important. Some customers love having help to find a dress for a wedding but other preferrer to be left alone , we have to judge their needs and be considerate towards them even if they are not back.
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